Sunday, September 19, 2010

News From The Local Beat

A few Des Moines biker updates:

First, the city has posted a survey about the restriping of Ingersoll Avenue that painted a shiny new bike lane right outside The Cycle World Headquarters. If you really like the bike lane, take the survey. If you don't like the bike lane, watch a video of a cute puppy instead.

Second, we have a bike sharing program! Is anyone going to use it? Will the bikes end up in the bottom of the Raccoon River? Will this make us the Paris of the Midwest? Does it mean we're bike-cooler than Minneapolis? I have no idea. But with one of the stations just blocks away from The Cycle World Headquarters, you can bet that one of our intrepid testers will be freeing a bike from its kiosk and taking it for a spin around town.